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Jul 14, 2023 · NOAA scientists have tracked a steady climb in ocean temperatures since April 2023, which is causing unprecedented heat stress conditions in the Caribbean Basin, including waters surrounding Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico. More isolated marine heat wave conditions have been detected off the Northeast U.S. coast, along the path
Aug 23, 2024 · It may seem like record setting temperatures are becoming a common occurrence these days, but these sea surface temperatures are alarming. According to Brian McNoldy, a climatologist at the University of Miami, the Gulf is currently the hottest it has ever been in the modern record. Recent measurements show the surface temperature nearing 90 ...
Aug 17, 2023 · The Gulf of Mexico has become the latest region to experience a marine heat wave, in addition to the Northern Atlantic and the Atlantic waters off the coast of Florida, as well as other ...
Oct 8, 2024 · Waters in the Gulf of Mexico started to break all-time temperature highs this summer, but recent weeks have seen an extra jolt of warmth — what scientists describe as a “marine heat wave ...
Jul 27, 2023 · The current Gulf of Mexico marine heat wave has been present for several months, beginning in February/March of 2023. NOAA’s experimental marine heat wave forecasts indicate a 70-100% chance that extreme ocean temperatures will persist in the southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea through at least October 2023.
Aug 21, 2023 · The Gulf of Mexico is experiencing record-hot average water temperatures this summer, bringing coral bleaching and fish kills to the Florida Keys. As the heat has crept to Tampa Bay, residents are starting to see and feel the effects. During July, average water surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico ran nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.
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May 22, 2024 · But perhaps the bigger contributor to the extreme early heat has been the moisture influx from southerly flow over the record-warm waters of the Caribbean and nearby Gulf Stream. The dew point temperature — an indicator of how moisture-ridden the air is — was nearly 80 degrees in Miami on Sunday afternoon when air temperatures were approaching the mid-90s.
